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Mental Strategy Tidbit: Clearing limiting beliefs with shadow work

In this episode, Kara discusses how to help athletes balance their confidence with humility. We teach confidence at More Than Skill! But it is time to talk about how to balance that with being humble. Kara talks about the discussion she had with her athletes as well as some strategies for keeping the balance.

Mental Strategy Tidbit: Clearing limiting beliefs with shadow work

At some point, all of our athletes will deal with difficult situations; death, mental health concerns, breakups, sick relatives, etc. are inevitable, just like they are for us. So how do we help them cope? What is our role? Kara gives simple yet impactful advice for navigating tough times with your athletes.

In this episode, Kara talks about how to create a culture that encourages communication within your team or program.

Mental Strategy Tidbit: Real vs. Perceived Value

You've heard the phrase, "use it or lose it", but did you know that also applies to synapses in the brain? In this episode, Kara talks about neuroplasticity and gives some easy exercises you can start today to create new neural pathways and keep your brain young!

In this episode, Kara reveals her history as a cancer survivor and how it shaped her coaching values.

It's human nature to dissect our problems and failures, but how often do we experience pride or happiness from accomplishing our goals? The very nature of practice is to learn from failing over and over. In today's episode, Kara talks about how to help yourself and your athletes celebrate success and why we need to make it a habit.

We all know that one person...(or maybe we ARE that person) who always plays the victim. They're always complaining about something. What happens when this is one of your youth athletes? Kara talks about victim mentality and how to help our athletes out of that mindset.

It's that time of year- back to school! Some of our athletes are excited, others are anxious and stressed. How do we deal? In this episode, Kara gives us six tips to help start the new school year off right

If you are wanting to start teaching mental strategy to your athletes but aren't sure where to start, this episode is for you! Kara gives you 5 action steps to get you going. Start giving your athletes the tools they need to succeed!